Improved halter-clasp



waited [States E. H. STEWART, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Paten-t N 96,164, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVED HALTER-CLASP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, E. H. STEWART, ofthe cityof Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHalter-Clasps, and I d0 hereby declare that the following is a full andexact desciiption thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is aperspective view of my invention, clasp and halter combined.

Figure 2 is a side-elevation view of the clasp.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of my clasp.

Figure 4 is an under plan view of my clasp.

Figure 5' is a sectional elevation of the clasp, showing how attached tothe halter.

The nature of my invention consists in a certain clasp, inade in such away that it can be attached to a halter without being sewed on, andwhich can be slipped on the halter forward or backward, wilt allow thehalter to be used around (ir-attached to a post of any size.

To enable others skilled iu the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed and describe its construction and operation.

C C is the body of a cast-metal clasp, of the shape shown in figs. l, 2,3, and 4.

H is the front end ot' the clasp, andis bent as a hook.

The clasp is cast, and made as shown in figs. 5, 4, and 3.

K K'K" being openings in the metal, and D, E, and E', lugs, running fromone side to the other.

F is theplace designed for the rivets, securing P, the spring, to theclasp. Y

The thickness ot' metal F F E must. be such that the under face of Eshall be :l little lower than the top face ot' lugs D and E'.

Now, if I insert the halter in opening K, forcing it under lug E, thenout through opening K', then in again through opening K", the lug E,being lower than 'lugs D and E', will bear with friction on the halter,passing'under it, and it will be thus ne( essary to pull with a certainamount of strength, to slip the clasp backward or forward.

s to the halter, it bears, on one ot' its ends, as usual, a buckle, B,designed to be hooked on hook H, and held there, by means of spring I?,in the usual way. (Fig. l.)

The construction and operation of this clasp are so simple, and plainlyAshown in rigs. l and 5, that it needs no further explanation but to saythat the merc sliding of the clasp backward or forward will shorten orlengthen the diameter of the loop M, and thereby lit the halter aroundposts or trees of any reasonable diameter; and again, it' the horse.thus hitched were to pull very violently, it would have the tendency totighten the loop, the clasp and loop acting as a noose in such a case.

I am aware that halters are and have been provided with spring-clasps,attached nnte them in various ways, but I ain not aware that any haveever been attached to halters in the way above described; and,therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

A halter-clasp, when constructed and operated in the manner and for thepurpose above set forth and described.

Witnesses: f

.LIONEL .DEPINEUU., O. W. Hommes.

